Top Names of 1896

The most popular names recorded in 1896 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary13,811
2Anna5,860
3Helen4,392
4Margaret4,050
5Ruth3,905
6Ethel3,502
7Elizabeth3,471
8Florence3,323
9Marie3,087
10Emma2,872
11Lillian2,702
12Alice2,651
13Edna2,604
14Clara2,582
15Bertha2,565
16Minnie2,530
17Grace2,485
18Bessie2,435
19Annie2,358
20Rose2,341
21Mabel2,283
22Hazel2,226
23Gertrude2,221
24Ida2,159
25Pearl2,101
26Martha2,022
27Esther1,964
28Frances1,964
29Edith1,932
30Myrtle1,928
31Elsie1,878
32Eva1,779
33Gladys1,757
34Nellie1,696
35Sarah1,691
36Ella1,683
37Laura1,665
38Agnes1,654
39Mildred1,620
40Catherine1,594
41Irene1,593
42Louise1,531
43Lillie1,483
44Julia1,407
45Carrie1,388
46Dorothy1,366
47Hattie1,320
48Lena1,318
49Mattie1,288
50Josephine1,256

Boys

#NameBabies
1John8,138
2William7,747
3James5,206
4George4,286
5Charles3,639
6Joseph3,051
7Frank2,845
8Robert2,719
9Edward2,296
10Henry2,183
11Harry2,091
12Thomas2,088
13Walter2,017
14Arthur1,821
15Albert1,434
16Fred1,393
17Clarence1,254
18Willie1,092
19Roy1,027
20Paul964
21Earl892
22Louis871
23Harold862
24Raymond859
25Carl852
26Richard834
27Joe767
28David765
29Ernest764
30Ralph746
31Samuel734
32Charlie714
33Howard677
34Herbert635
35Jesse586
36Elmer576
37Andrew566
38Daniel561
39Francis551
40Jack539
41Oscar539
42Alfred527
43Sam518
44Will508
45Eugene507
46Lawrence499
47Leo497
48Lee455
49Herman427
50Ray426